Head, Market Intelligence & Insights at Dangote
The Dangote Group is one of the most diversified business conglomerates in Africa with a hard-earned reputation for excellent business practices and products’ quality with its operational headquarters in the bustling metropolis of Lagos, Nigeria in West Africa.
The Group’s activities encompass:
Cement – Manufacturing / Importing
Sugar – Manufacturing & Refining
Salt – Refining
Flour & Semolina – Milling
Pasta – Manufacturing
Noodles – Manufacturing
Poly Products – Manufacturing
Logistics – Port Management and Haulage
Real Estate
Dangote Foundation
Since inception, the Group has experienced phenomenal growth on account of quality of its goods and services, its focus on cost leadership and efficiency of its human capital. Today, Dangote Group is a multi-billion Naira company poised to reach new heights, in every endeavour competing with itself to better the past.
The Group’s core business focus is to provide local, value added products and services that meet the ‘basic needs’ of the populace. Through the construction and operation of large scale manufacturing facilities in Nigeria and across Africa, the Group is focused on building local manufacturing capacity to generate employment and provide goods for the people.The Head, Market Intelligence & Insights is responsible for leading the Group's market intelligence function across the Cement and Foods businesses, providing fact-based, forward-looking market, customer, and competitive insights that support strategic planning, pricing decisions, and commercial execution. The role drives the collection, analysis, and interpretation of market data to identify growth opportunities, competitive threats, and emerging trends, ensuring that business decisions are informed by reliable intelligence and actionable insights. The incumbent will establish and maintain robust market intelligence frameworks, reporting systems, and analytical capabilities to enhance decision-making and business performance across the Group.
Key Responsibilities
Lead the Group's Market Intelligence & Insights function across the Cement and Foods businesses, delivering fact-based market, customer, and competitive insights to support strategic and commercial decision-making.
Monitor market size, growth, market share, customer trends, and competitor activities across products, regions, and channels.
Provide actionable intelligence to support pricing, margin optimization, route-to-market effectiveness, and growth strategies.
Develop and maintain standardized market intelligence frameworks, dashboards, and reports to enable data-driven decision-making across the Group.
Identify emerging market opportunities, risks, and industry trends, and provide timely recommendations to executive management.
Ensure the consistency, accuracy, and credibility of market data and insights across the Cement and Foods businesses.
Build and lead a high-performing Market Intelligence team while promoting a culture of analytical rigor and insight-led decision-making.
Qualifications & Experience
Education
Bachelor's degree in Economics, Statistics, Business Administration, Marketing, Finance, Engineering, or related field.
Master's degree (MBA, Economics, Strategy, Data Analytics, or related discipline) preferred.
Experience
12–15+ years of experience in Market Intelligence, Strategy, Commercial Excellence, Business Analytics, Research, or related fields.
Minimum of 5 years in a leadership role.
Experience within FMCG, Manufacturing, Industrial, Commodities, or diversified conglomerate environments preferred.
Strong exposure to pricing strategy, competitive intelligence, and market analytics.